Lorna Slater, co-leader of the Scottish Green Party, attended three official ceremonies to honor the death of Queen Elizabeth II, including her state funeral. However, she has decided not to attend the coronation of King Charles III. Slater explained that paying last respects to a widely revered queen was one thing, even if the funeral seemed at times “like a film set from ‘Game of Thrones.’” But a lavish coronation ceremony for King Charles, she said, is “absolutely repellent when you have families who can’t afford to feed their kids.”
As the crown passes from Queen Elizabeth to her less popular son, Britain’s monarchy faces a test throughout the country, but nowhere more than in Scotland. Pro-independence sentiment has long simmered there alongside ambivalence about the royal family: affection in some quarters, frustration in others, and maybe most troubling for the monarchy, a growing indifference.
In one poll, almost three-quarters of people questioned in Scotland said they…
2023-05-01 04:00:28
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